Switch to the Logging tab in the information/working area. All users have access to logged information.
The logged information is categorized as follows:
Log | Technical Name | Description |
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Standard Log | bridgeserver | Contains logging information logged by the Bridge process that is running the selected xUML service. |
Transaction Log | transaction | Contains transactional logging information logged by the Bridge process that is running the selected xUML service. The logged information is usable for performance measurements or statistical evaluations (how often has the transaction been called, in which context, etc.). |
Start Log | start | Contains information about the selected xUML service, environment variables, and errors logged by the Bridge process at startup. |
Stop Log | stop | Contains information about the selected xUML service and errors logged by the Bridge process when stopping it. A stop log is available, if the service could not be stopped regularly but if errors occurred upon stopping, or if the service had to be killed. |
Custom Logs | <your name> | The Bridge can also display custom logfiles. To be able to access this custom logfiles via the Bridge, they must meet certain conditions that are explained in detail further below. |
The Bridge can also display custom logfiles. To be able to access this custom logfiles via the Bridge, they must meet the following conditions:
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Logs may contain big amounts of data and in these cases it may be difficult to find the piece of information you are looking for. Therefore, you can filter the logfile entries by log level, date/time and a regular expression.
Filter Element | Description | Default | |
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Search for | empty | ||
in type | Select the type of logfile you want to display: bridgeserver, start, stop, transaction, custom log types. See top of this page for more information on the log types. The log types in this list are displayed in alphabetical order, and the first log type of this list will be the default. So, if you add a custom log named aa.log, this log will be displayed on going to the Logging page. | first available log type | |
with log level | Select the log level of the log entries you want to inspect. Refer to Log Levels of an xUML Service for more information on log levels and what information they contain. This filter is available for the xUML service standard log (bridgeserver) and the transaction log. | Debug | |
from | Pressing Enter in these fields triggers the search.
| actual timestamp - 10 min | |
to | empty |
The results according to your search conditions are displayed in a paged list.
Multi-line log messages are collapsed to not clutter the list of results. You can expand those multipart lines by clicking the plus sign at the end of the visible message part.
For all logs except bridgeserver log: Mult-line log messages can only hold up to 100 sub-messages - the rest will be cut. If you get a hint that there are more then 100 messages, use No multi-line to flatten the output and display all messages (see also 3). |
The lines of search results are colored in relation to their log level:
Once you have identified problems in the bridgeserver or transaction log, you can refine the search with the help of the context menu.
Click a log entry with the right mouse button to activate the context menu. Then, make your selections:
Filter Element | Description | Default | |
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timestamp | Enter a timestamp you want to analyze in more detail. As per default, this is prepopulated with the timestamp of the selected log entry. | Timestamp of the selected log entry. | |
time focus | To analyze what happened around the selected time stamp, you can choose between:
| What happened before | |
time frame | Set a time frame in relation to your selected focus: What happened within the specified time frame before/after/around the selected timestamp? | 1 second | |
clear search term | Remove a specified search term from the search filter for this refinement to get more search results. | false | |
clear log level | Remove a specified log level from the search filter for this refinement to get more search results. | false |
The Bridge can also display custom logfiles. If a service produces log files that
the Bridge allows nevertheless to search logs by date. In this case, the search results will display the dates in the table header:
A tooltip for each log entry displays the date it belongs to.